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OK, so we're a little late in reviewing Active Sky For Prepar3D. For those who don't already know about this outstanding add-on from HiFi Simulation Technologies reviewer Michael Hayward explains how it changes the weather environment in P3D, making the sim both more realistic and more attractive as you deal with much more accurate weather.

Reviewer Shawn Weigelt returns to one of his favorite parts of the world to examine Skagit Regional Airport for X-Plane 11 from Orbx. Overall, he was extremely impressed with yet another top-notch product from the folks from Orbx.

Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This one truly rambles, covering helicopters, flight controls, short field take-offs and ending with a flying ramble starting in Italy.

In TrueEarth US Northern California for X-Plane, Orbx combines hi-res photo scenery with realistic 3D buildings to create a very realistic flying environment. Reviewer Andrew Parish was struck by the diversity of the region and how well Orbx managed to capture it.

The SR22 is one of the most popular GA planes of the 21st century, so it's appropriate that Carenado would make an X-Plane 11 version of the SR22 GTSx Turbo. Their version includes the modern Perspective G1000 glass cockpit, a nice selection of liveries and more. Reviewer Robin Tannahill really liked the plane and enjoyed flying it.

Here's something a little different from our usual fare, a bit of aviation history in the hills of Scotland. Author Barry Donnan is an avid hiker as well as being a historian. Here he shares some history and exploration of aviation events on the Galloway Hills, from the early days of flying to the WWII era.

One of our regular reviewers, MrYorkiesWorld, has decided to tackle the new Prepar3D V5 and offers here a review in both text and video formats. Overall, he's happy to find it better than the previous versions in both looks and performance, though still exhibiting a few flaws.

Aspen Extended for P3D v4 from Aerosoft isn't a new title, but Aspen is still an exciting destination with a challenging airport so reviewer Gregory A. Goodwin wanted to see how it stands up to newer products. He finds it held up quite well compared to other airport scenery and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

The King Air is one of the longest lived corporate aircraft, have been in production for over 50 years. Here, Wycliffe Barrett offers a video review of the King Air C90 CTX created for X-Plane 11 by Carenado.

In addition to flightsimming and writing reviews for us, Jennifer Kimball is a real world pilot. Recently she set out of the great adventure of buying an airplane. With many options possible, the result was more like the right plane found her. This is her story of how a Luscombe taildragger came into her life.

Just Flight continues work on their 747 Classic, and offers the first few screen shots that show off the TFDi RealLight and TrueGlass functionality. Just Flight's in-house team is developing this jetliner for P3D v4 and v5.

New from AFS-design is another large set of jetliners in the New Livery Lufthansa Airbus v2 package. It includes all the main Airbus models, including the A319, A320, A321, A330, A340, A350 and A380. All come with a fully functioning cockpit and a variety of features.

Skyline Simulations have posted some new preview images of their Gibraltar scenery for X-Plane and Prepar3D. Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

Orbx reports that work on the P3D scenery of LDRI Rijeka International Airport is on the home stretch. This Croatian airports was built in the 1960's. The scenery features some unique static aircraft plus animations such as buses and tractor-tugs.

The weekly Microsoft Flight Simulator development update has been released. Not much news in this brief update. Alpha 4 is coming soon. The Partnership Series is due next week. More Alpha invites going out, and a new development roadmap to view.

Drzewiecki Design has provided readers with a list of static aircraft included with their RJAA/RJTT project. It's a long list from airlines line ANA, JAL, etc. This should be enough to make the area around the terminals busy.

New for Prepar3D from Digital Design is scenery of LFLL Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport, an international airport in the third largest city in France. The airport is highly detailed including its remarkable looking terminal. It uses 4K hi-res textures and PBR materials.

Simultech has announced they are working on scenery of Hawaii for Prepar3D v4 and v5 and ultimate for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. PHNL will include innovations such as all native PBR materials for the terrain, using the new P3D v5 SDK.

Now available for X-Plane 11 from Carenado is the PA46 500TP Malibu Meridian G1000, a high performance single engine turboprop. It features full interior and exterior PBR with many details, custom FMOD sounds, Carenado G1000 avionics. It comes with a variety of liveries and full documentation.

iniBuilds reports they have made significant progress on their A380 and A300-600R(F) projects for X-Plane 11. The testing phase is going well, though they are not yet ready to offer a release date. A new video and screen shots are included.

Today you can watch the historic first launch by SpaceX with astronauts on board. NASA has asked people to stay home and not watch the launch directly, but there are plenty of online viewing options. Then, try the docking maneuver for yourself with a free simulator, provided by SpaceX.

FSDG brings their scenery of Rhodes to X-Plane 11. Already available for FSX/P3D, Rhodos is one of the most interesting islands in the Aegean - and the largest of the Dodecanese islands. The complete island with its two airports is included in the scenery.

Florida AXP from Taburet is a second generation blend of multiple data to achieve a complete buildings coverage for the State of Florida. Not less than approximately 7 million buildings are injected into this autogen package to achieve 99% coverage positioning buildings on the right position.